Can personality traits predict psychotherapy outcome?

摘要: Ninety-six new admissions to a psychiatric outpatient clinic who attended median of 14 therapy sessions completed self-report Personality Profile Index prior their first session. This index provides scores on eight dimensions personality, conflict measure, and measure social desirability. Scores were correlated with number outcome as measured by Symptom Checklist Global Assessment Scale (GAS). Improvement was significantly related attended. Patients scoring high being rejecting others (rejection) less likely show improvement after therapy. Rejection, aggression, passivity, the extent symptoms problems which patients presented at clinic.